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(Note: I did not bother including links to examples of "persecuting women, people of color, and LGBT people" since that is basically the GOP platform.)
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,988 posts)Even the most brain-washed repub could understand.
Thank you!
littlemissmartypants
(23,030 posts)Stuart G
(38,480 posts)Yup.
IronLionZion
(45,743 posts)Yes!
AllaN01Bear
(19,184 posts)calimary
(81,720 posts)summer_in_TX
(2,788 posts)Therefore powerful and dangerous. Unfortunately.
AllaN01Bear
(19,184 posts)democrank
(11,119 posts)Thank you EarlG, thank you very much.
underpants
(183,258 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,731 posts)dchill
(38,680 posts)Wild blueberry
(6,704 posts)Thank you!
sop
(10,403 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,051 posts)KS Toronado
(17,631 posts)ProfessorPlum
(11,285 posts)and is clearly illustrative of the problem we have.
FakeNoose
(33,059 posts)But no! They work for the Russian-version of the CIA (called FSB now) and they are highly-trained specialized spies. They carry out Putin's direct orders to mess up our internets, our telecommunications, and our national-news media in any devious way possible.
We need to protect ourselves and find ways to block this interference. Maybe it means shutting down Xwitter, or Falsebook, or any other platform that refuses to comply with our safety standards? I don't know, but this has to stop.
TeamProg
(6,456 posts)BlueTsunami2018
(3,528 posts)Dividing the left and causing chaos in the Democratic Party.
LiberalFighter
(51,669 posts)dmr
(28,391 posts)if you're a Patriot ... a true Patriot, then you cannot support and vote Republican.
Can you?
dmr
(28,391 posts)You've done a lot of great ones, but this one screams out Republican danger!
Joinfortmill
(14,608 posts)SunSeeker
(51,949 posts)orangecrush
(19,717 posts)It's almost as if they're the same thing...
PatrickforB
(14,619 posts)This would make a good ad for any Democrat.
Initech
(100,207 posts)William Seger
(10,800 posts)"If you think Putin wants to Make America Great Again, you're a fucking idiot."
Evolve Dammit
(16,903 posts)TomWilm
(1,835 posts)They are stirring uproar about anything controversial to get hits, since it is also a business model based on advertising revenue. This is now a big industry in countries like North Macedonia, the Philippines and Romania. And also in Russia, since not all of them are working solely for the Russia government:
- Disinformation has no need for consistency and zero commitment to objective reality; claims are frequently contradictory, arguing both sides of the coin in exaggerated and divisive ways. This Russian firehose model of propaganda is high-output, contradictory and multichannel. The stream encourages us to sleepwalk into apathy, distrustful of everything.
- The trolls deployed a wide range of political rhetoric, ranging from tweets supporting the Black Lives Matter movement to spreading conspiracy theories and hoaxes.
- Russian Trolls Are Still Playing Both Sides.
- The Surprising Nuance Behind the Russian Troll Strategy.
LetMyPeopleVote
(146,402 posts)mahina
(17,832 posts)I couldn't download it so screenshotted it and am broadcasting widely with requests to share.
Nailed it.
Aloha.
gordianot
(15,277 posts)You can pin this on the derangement of one man and his millions of willing followers in the Party of Trump. What comes next even if he loses will be worse.